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Week in Review–October 12th, 2013

This is similar to the educational system The Girl used to use when she taught High School students in a class about heart rate training. … Cardio Wristband: A Smart Heart Rate Sensor: Similar to some of the other units on the market, such as the Mio Alpha.

Week in Review–May 17th, 2015

If you click on any of those links, you can also see the heart rate bundles too, as well as the various colors/versions.

A much better USB ANT+ stick for your Garmin Forerunner…by Suunto

But when it comes to applications that may leverage the USB stick for real-time data transfer – such as TrainerRoad – the extra channels become really important if you have multiple ANT+ accessories (like Speed, Cadence, Power Meters, Heart Rate, etc…). … heart rate straps) are using Suunto’s proprietary ANT variant which aren’t compatible with anything else.

The Bricks: An inside look at my weekly brick workouts

The goal here isn’t simply ‘all I can sustain’, but rather a very controlled Z4B heart rate. … There isn’t really any rest coming off the bike, it’s straight into a gradual build to a Z4B heart rate – or about the race pace for the first portion of a 10K race.

Hands-on: Polar’s OH1 Standalone Optical HR Sensor

My general goal in life with heart rate sensors is not to belabor too much of the basics. … It allows you to compare power meters/trainers, heart rate, cadence, speed/pace, GPS tracks and plenty more.

First look at new Wahoo Fitness RFLKT Bluetooth Smart bike computer

heart rate strap, power meter, etc…) on behalf of the RFLKT. … With the compatible build they had at the show, they were showing up to four data fields on the RFLKT, but he noted that by time release they’ll allow you to display up to eight data fields – the same as the higher end Garmin bike computers: As they near release, they’ll also be adding in graphing too – enabling apps to display simple graphs of your choice, such as elevation or heart rate.

Heads Up! Suunto Ambit2 & 2S sale from $219

Best Action Cam 2017: GoPro Hero5 Black vs Garmin VIRB Ultra 30

Sensors Connected: All ANT+, usually ANT+ heart rate, cadence, and power… First off, you’ll spend 100x more work getting just a handful of data pieces overlaid onto your videos (since each individual snippet has to be done manually), and then on top of that, the data is rarely super accurate and often latent.

5 Random Things I Did This Past Weekend

During just that singular test I was comparing three power meters as one test (Pioneer, Garmin Vector, PowerTap), and three different heart rate reading technologies as another (Garmin HR strap, LifeBEAM HR helmet, Mio Link optical wrist HR band). … Looking at the heart rate data – things were astoundingly close.

4iiii’s announces Cliiiimb Strava segment competition app, new low-priced hardware bundles

Next, the Cliiiimb is bundled with the Viiiiva ANT+ to Bluetooth Smart heart rate strap, which acts as an intermediary between the ANT+ enabled Sportiiii’s and your phone, by translating the instructions to Bluetooth Smart. … The entire package cost $129, which includes both the Viiiiva Bluetooth Smart & ANT+ heart rate strap, as well as the Sportiiii’s Voice – and of course access to the free iPhone app.

Zwift’s Running Track Is Open: Here’s what a structured track workout is like

I also paired up the Mio Pod for heart rate. … I know…they’d probably say they’re more or less the only ones transmitting heart rate already.

Strava news of note: Fitbit integration & Local Routes

However, when it comes to heart rate data while cycling, I still find it pretty poor/useless. … The majority of the ride I kept my heart rate about 130-150BPM.

Tech Tidbits: Favero MX Pro Shipping, Polar Vantage V3 Update, Garmin Beta Update

It is this version that I’ll be basing my final review on, specifically the heart rate algorithm pieces (I’ve been testing it for the past month, but it’s only this new V2.0.19 that includes some critical HR algorithm changes).

Stages Dash L10 Bike Computer In-Depth Review

In the below photo the location and power icons are illuminated, though throughout the review you’ll see photos with other icons (heart rate and Bluetooth to name two) also illuminated. … power, heart rate, etc…), then the sub-type (i.e.

A detailed look at Suunto’s new big Ambit update including App Zone & ANT+

This was a proprietary variant of ANT that required you purchase separate Suunto branded accessories that only worked with Suunto devices.

Rouvy Rolls Out Apple TV & Mac Support, Free During Public Beta

Remember that Apple TV has a two-sensor limitation, so you’ll want to use the cadence signal from your smart trainer so that those are considered a single ‘sensor’ (cadence/power/trainer control), and thus leaving a secondary sensor for your heart rate. … Back to the view of myself, you’ll notice you’ve got your wattage, heart rate, incline, speed, and a pile of other stats around the edges of the screen, including the gradient at the bottom.

Bryton Gardia R300 & Magene L508 Cycling Radar Sensors Announced at Eurobike

In the case of Magene, they primarily have made trainers and power meters (and sensors like heart rate straps/speed/cadence), and even make trainers for Wahoo. … Meanwhile, Bryton has a long history of cycling head units as well as the same set of heart rate/speed/cadence sensors.

Hiking Across Madeira: A 3-Day Trek (MIUT Variant)

The COROS Vertex 2 and Suunto Race were connected to a COROS Heart Rate armband via Bluetooth. … - COROS Heart Rate sensor (for Suunto Race/COROS Vertix 2)

A weekend at home and in the pool with the Polar RCX5

Leaving me exactly 8 minutes to get all my swim/underwater related pictures in for the RCX5 review.See, unlike the Garmin’s (which use ANT+ to communicate), the RCX5 actually reads your heart rate in the water via the Polar Hybrid strap. … But for a guy, or at least me, before a lap or two it’s down around my waist like a belt.Nonetheless, if you don’t have any slippage problems, then it will indeed display and record heart rate, as you can see on the top line in the photo below.Also of note is that unlike most watches, the lap/split time on the RCX5 is super-easy to read during a set/flip by just barely tilting your wrist.

The Garmin Fenix 8 Complete Beginners Guide

As usual, I iterate through each of the features on the watch, starting with basics and hardware foundational features, and then slowly ratchet up the complexity into sports modes, training status, navigation/mapping, diving, plus, of course, music, flashlight, and much more.

The effects of a cold on athletic performance

First Look at Magene’s New C606 GPS Bike Computer, L308 Intelligent Bike Lights

Eurobike kicked off today with plenty of new products, and Magene was at the show announcing a number of new sports tech items, including a new bike computer, new smart lights, and an entire ‘connected bike’ light system that can even vibrate their optical heart rate arm band when their bike radar detects an approaching car. … And the first example they showed off was using a bike computer combined with their OnelapFit App, their radar, their front light, and then their optical heart rate band.

Tacx Neo Bike Smart: First Ride and Final Specs

The fans are designed to pair to your heart rate sensor or trainer speed, enabling you to simulate going downhill faster.

Suunto’s Movesense Sensor Division Spun Off As New Company

It could be used as a heart rate monitor, or instead, for monitoring motion with its 9-axis motion sensor/gyro/magnetometer. … The purpose behind this wasn’t directly to further Suunto wearables, but rather, creating a separate standalone product.

Week in Review–December 8th, 2013

For example, a smart watch acts as a hub gathering information from a Bluetooth Smart heart rate monitor while simultaneously acting as a peripheral to a smartphone — displaying new message notifications from the phone.” Translation: Now a single sensor can connect to multiple devices. … PeriPedal Trainer Software Update: A fairly big update including ANT+ PowerBeam Pro support added as well as support for Bluetooth Smart heart rate monitors.